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17-Nov-2015 The Economist
South Africa spurns free trade to protect its meat market
America and South Africa are beating the drumsticks of trade war -
17-Nov-2015 Good
Why doesn’t the Trans-Pacific Partnership mention climate change?
While the text of the TPP does address the environment in general ways, it does so with none of the urgency that climate change action demands. -
17-Nov-2015 Sputnik
Papua New Guinea leader confident country able to join TPP deal
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister sees no reason why his country cannot become a member of TPP trade agreement. -
17-Nov-2015 The Tyee
Why TPP is a Canadian digital policy failure
The implications for digital policies such as copyright and privacy should command considerable attention. On those fronts, TPP appears to be a major failure. -
17-Nov-2015 Huffington Post
Free trade: the hidden costs to our oceans and climate
With almost half of our carbon emissions and over 90 percent of our planet’s warming being absorbed by the ocean, the cheap goods on our grocery store shelves might not be such a good deal after all. -
16-Nov-2015
Dhaka decides to protest Delhi’s anti-dumping investigation
Dhaka has decided to protest the New Delhi’s action relating to allegation of dumping jute goods and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) by Bangladesh, officials have said. -
16-Nov-2015
EAC, Comesa receive €85 mn grant to aid regional integration
The European Union has signed €85m in grants to facilitate regional integration through removal of internal trade barriers. -
16-Nov-2015
TPPA debate: We need a free trade of opinions
There is a shaky YouTube video of our prime minister, John Key, explaining "the logic" behind the opposition to the Trans Pacific Partnership during a visit to Oxford in North Canterbury. -
16-Nov-2015
Philippines, Chile eye free trade deal
The governments of the Philippines and Chile on Monday agreed to pursue a possible free trade agreement, signing a letter of intent on a joint feasibility study. -
16-Nov-2015 ABP Live
FTA-fetishism to hurt Indian industry in the long run
Any government to sign an agreement would necessitate a better feasibility study report that is more holistic in nature. -
16-Nov-2015 Indmin
New Zealand minerals sector could benefit from planned EU trade deal
The free trade agreement currently in discussion could benefit a number of mineral producers in New Zealand. -
16-Nov-2015 AFL-CIO
What a new NAFTA complaint can tell us about the TPP
A coalition of U.S. and Mexican labor and civil society groups are taking an unprecedented legal approach to protect workers’ rights that will test the strength of labor protections in international trade agreements. -
16-Nov-2015 IA Reporter
A first glance at the Investment Chapter of the TPP agreement: a familar US-style structure with a few novel twists
In broad terms, the agreement’s investment chapter looks familiar – particularly in relation to other recent U.S. investment treaties and FTAs. -
16-Nov-2015 IATP
The TPP SPS chapter: not a “model for the rest of the world”
SPS provisions in TPP will further weaken and possibly conflict with global standards setting bodies on food and plant safety. -
13-Nov-2015 Reuters
Pacific trade deal could limit affordable drugs: world health chief
A massive trade pact between 12 Pacific rim countries could limit the availability of affordable medicines, the head of the World Health Organization said -
13-Nov-2015 Siasat
India should press for separate FTA with UK as deal with EU remains in limbo: Assocham
As negotiations for a Broad-Based Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement with the European Union is heading nowhere, India should press for a separate Free Trade Agreement with Britain -
13-Nov-2015 The Hindu
‘FTAs weaken multilateral systems’
Bilateral agreements were weakening the multilateral arrangements that looked after the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). -
13-Nov-2015 Malaysia Kini
TPPA vs tobacco control - the devil is in the details
Now that the whole text of the TPPA has been released, it appears the TPPA provides many avenues for the tobacco industry to thwart and frustrate government efforts to enact stronger measures. -
13-Nov-2015 Vox
How the TPP could change where your clothes come from
There’s a reason President Obama made the case for the Trans-Pacific Partnership at Nike’s headquarters: American clothing companies that want to manufacture their clothes in Vietnam are big winners in the massive trade deal. -
13-Nov-2015 The Japan Times
LDP to offer farmers revenue insurance to cushion TPP impact
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party plans to set up an insurance system to cushion the blow for farmers when the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact comes into effect